Gordon Brown and Alastair Darling have had a torrid time since the autumn election that never was. ‘The most important hinge in the whole of government’ (as Lord Lawson of Blaby described the prime minister-chancellor relationship) continues to suffer under the weight of financial and economic crises emanating from both the UK and abroad, some unavoidable and others self-inflicted. It has led to calls for Darling to be replaced by Ed Balls amid Conservative accusations …
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